You can't feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flameYou have to cross the line just to remember where it laysYou won't know your worth now, son, until you take a hitAnd you won't find the beat until you lose yourself in it

That's why we won't back downWe won't run and hide'Cause these are the things we can't denyI'm passing over you like a satelliteSo catch me if I fallThat's why you stick to your game plans and party livesBut at night we're perspiring by candlelightWe are the orphans of the American dreamsOh shine your light on me

You can't fill your cup until you empty all it hasYou can't understand what lays aheadIf you don't understand the pastYou'll never learn the fun nowTil you're standing at the gateAnd you can't truly love until you've given up on it

She told me that she never would face the world againSo I offer up a plan

We'll sneak out when they sleepAnd sail off in the night.We'll come clean and start over the rest of our lives.When we're gone we'll stay gone.Out of sight, out of mind.It's not too late, We have the rest of our lives.

We'll sneak out while they sleepAnd sail off into the nightWe'll come clean and start over the rest of our livesOut of sight, out of mind.It's not too late, We have the rest of our lives.The rest of our livesThe rest of our lives

Because we won't back downWe won't run and hideYeah 'cause these are the things we can't denyI'm passing over you like a satelliteSo catch me if I fallThat's why you stick to your game plans and party livesBut at night we're perspiring by candlelightWe are the orphans of the American dreamsOh shine your light on me

Because we won't back downWe won't run and hideYeah 'cause these are the things we can't denyI'm passing over you like a satellite'Cause these are the things that we can't deny nowThis is a life that you can't deny us now